Steve Turner
Well-known member
Hi Chris
Never heard of that place before, where exactly is it - off Ferndown Drive?! What's the sketch with habo, etc there?!
Cheers
Steve
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Birding In Staffordshire (3 Viewers)
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Hi Chris
Never heard of that place before, where exactly is it - off Ferndown Drive?! What's the sketch with habo, etc there?!
Cheers
Steve
Steve Turner
Well-known member
Ferndown LNR
Instead of me being lazy (!), just searched t'internet and found it;
http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/static/page6297.htm
Looks nice, might give it a look this autumn!
Cheers
Steve
Instead of me being lazy (!), just searched t'internet and found it;
http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/static/page6297.htm
Looks nice, might give it a look this autumn!
Cheers
Steve
Steve Turner
Well-known member
Very Nice! We'll have to try and improve on the 40 species of bird recorded so far!
Interesting to see that White-letter Hairstreak has been recorded on site - that would be a butterfly lifer for me I think (but then I am a bit of a tart when it comes to flutterbys
)Cheers
Steve
bull's birder
Well-known member
Very Nice! We'll have to try and improve on the 40 species of bird recorded so far!
Interesting to see that White-letter Hairstreak has been recorded on site - that would be a butterfly lifer for me I think (but then I am a bit of a tart when it comes to flutterbys
Cheers
Steve
Yes Steve, I'm pretty sure we could improve on that and it's only half a mile away from me!! Not a bad site but suffers with the same problem as a lot of areas in and around Clayton and that's the noise from M6. I used to use the area around Wye Road and Rowley/Bunny Hill as my local patch but the noise drives you bonkers after a bit.
Cheers
Craig
Steve Turner
Well-known member
...just to answer your question on behalf of Russell, the Berry Hill list now stands at 137 - hopefully the autumn will bring a new one or two! If you go onto the Opus you can view all the species which have been recorded on 'the hill'.
Cheers
Steve
Richard Powell
Once Bittern, Twice Shy
Ahoy land lubbers! BTW, I can highly recommend a trip on the Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry at this time of year.
Great Shearwaters (my new favourite bird 3), plus Cory's, Sooty, Balearic and Manx Shearwaters, Sabine's Gulls (including a group of seven adults, beat that Upton Warren! 3), Storm Petrels, Great Skuas, Grey Phalarope. Cetaceans included Fin, Cuvier's Beaked and Pilot Whales, Common, Striped and Bottlenose Dolphins.
In a break from a marathon blogging stint yesterday, I had another look at the Wezza Ring-Necked Duck (is it me or is there less of a tuft now?). Then back at work today :-C, but a flyover Hobby at Doxey in my lunch break.
Great Shearwaters (my new favourite bird 3
), plus Cory's, Sooty, Balearic and Manx Shearwaters, Sabine's Gulls (including a group of seven adults, beat that Upton Warren! 3), Storm Petrels, Great Skuas, Grey Phalarope. Cetaceans included Fin, Cuvier's Beaked and Pilot Whales, Common, Striped and Bottlenose Dolphins.In a break from a marathon blogging stint yesterday, I had another look at the Wezza Ring-Necked Duck (is it me or is there less of a tuft now?). Then back at work today :-C, but a flyover Hobby at Doxey in my lunch break.
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Upland Birder
Birding On The Edge
Ahoy there Richard,
Sounds like you had a good time. Just read your blog.
The RND looks to be in better shape.
Dean
Happy Birding:t:
Sounds like you had a good time. Just read your blog.
The RND looks to be in better shape.
Dean
Happy Birding:t:
Thanks Steve,
Was hoping a stray Red Grouse might of been on there, have a hazy memory of walking across there with me Dad 30+ years (41 now) ago and nearly treading on a rusty coloured bird with a bit of red on its head, which promptly shot up and away, and got me a clout round the head for swearing! arrrrrr memories
Best sighting though about 25yrs back at BH 4 Short Eared Owls altogether in clear few.
Chris
Was hoping a stray Red Grouse might of been on there, have a hazy memory of walking across there with me Dad 30+ years (41 now) ago and nearly treading on a rusty coloured bird with a bit of red on its head, which promptly shot up and away, and got me a clout round the head for swearing! arrrrrr memories
Best sighting though about 25yrs back at BH 4 Short Eared Owls altogether in clear few.
Chris
russell toon
Well-known member
Hi Chris
Sorry I could not get back to you,suffering from erratic broadband speeds from mid-day yesterday.Anyhow Steve gave you the info.
Russell
paulthomas
Well-known member
We did a small mammal survey there earlier this year. Nothing exotic found (no surprise there) but the dozen or so locals who turned up to see what we;d trapped were genuinely very interested. IRC bird life consisted mostly of common garden types plus Blackcap and Willow Warbler.
bull's birder
Well-known member
As I'm away to Cornwall at the weekend I thought I'd have a peep at the Cornwall Birding thread. Judging by the spat that's going on there, we all must be the best of buds!!!
Cheers
Craig
Cheers
Craig
Upland Birder
Birding On The Edge
Hi Craig,
I just had a read and your right. What a spat. Its a shame really as it spoils the thread when all people really want is good quality birding reports and photo's etc.
I think we are all a friendly bunch up here. However, don't mention Woodlarks we could have a spat on our hands :eek!:
Dean
Happy Birding:t:
Rockbirder
Well-known member
Utch 1740-1920, a bit wet!
Med' Gull 1 1st winter
Green Sand' 3
Common Sand' 6
Curlew 7
Teal c30
Andy.
Med' Gull 1 1st winter
Green Sand' 3
Common Sand' 6
Curlew 7
Teal c30
Andy.
Hi Craig, Dean.
Just had a read of the Cornwall thread better than Corrie! did I read it right that one of the guys spotted the other at the railway station through his bins , thats a long platform.
Grateful for this thread, especially on a rainy night like this
Chris
Just had a read of the Cornwall thread better than Corrie! did I read it right that one of the guys spotted the other at the railway station through his bins , thats a long platform.
Grateful for this thread, especially on a rainy night like this
Chris
Upland Birder
Birding On The Edge
At long last a Woodlark photo on the thread. Nice one Jim I'll have to get my field guide out and check it against that. I've not got round to finding one yet. This will help.
Happy Birding
Dean:t:
Happy Birding
Dean:t:
Upland Birder
Birding On The Edge
Hey up Chris,
There's always bird stamp collecting that you could take up to occupy you through the dark nights that are now coming our way. I've just started to build a collection and fascinating it is to.
Dean
Happy Birding
